Mod 66-2, 2 1/2” $700 cash rejected

[rwt1405]

Why does everyone was to dicker on prices? If the guy would accept $700 with tax, he would have priced it that way. I never haggle price - if the price is more than I honestly think the item is worth or at least worth to me, I thank the seller for his/her time and walk away.

And for the umpteenth time on this Forum, I will remind you that any nice older Smith & Wesson revolver that seems too costly today will seem quite reasonable before long. They don't make 'em any more, at least not like that, and there are fewer nice examples available for sale as time marches on.

Go back, give the guy his $56 and have something you obviously really want. IF it's still there, of course.

Ed

I can only speak for me, but when it comes to used anything, usually the seller prices high, to be able to negotiate down to the actual price they are looking for (learned this from my father when I was young, and guess what, as usual he was correct), and frankly I enjoy the negotiating.

If some sucker actually pays their higher asking price, it's a win for them (seller), and shame on the buyer.

Now, I'm not saying this always happens, or that sometimes the asking price isn't reasonable (to the buyer), but I've found that to be very unusual.

When dealing with anything used, the price is ALWAYS negotiable, and (at least in my mind) if you think otherwise P.T. Barnum said it best - "There's a sucker born every minute."

You asked and these are my thoughts.

 

[bigggbbruce]

So he lost a sale for $56?


Your thoughts?

He still has the gun you don't... who lost?

 

[1sailor]

Of course, he still has his $700 and the dealer doesn't. When I was a kid and I would loose out on some "amazing deal" my dad always used to say "you had money in your pocket this morning and you were pretty happy about it. Why aren't you happy about it now"?

 

[bigggbbruce]

"you had money in your pocket this morning and you were pretty happy about it. Why aren't you happy about it now"?

When it's a gun purchase. You can't go shoot the money.

To the OP..If spending $56 more to own the gun, shoot it, carry it..and maybe in a couple years (after using it)sell it for $750...

I'd be unhappy I still had the cash..

 

[Jtown]

If it was a gun I really wanted I would not have walked away for $56. Just my opinion.
Walt

 

[Leadcaster357]

Not trying to be negative about the OP in any way, shape or form. But just wondering why we pick certain items to feel like we can just make an offer. We don't go to a grocery store and put an offer on a gallon of milk or a clothing store and ask if there is any wiggle room on the price or call the electric company and offer less per kilowatt. I'm not saying I haven't done it but after thinking about this post it got me wondering.
Any thoughts?

 

[John Fugate]

So he lost a sale for $56?


Your thoughts?

Or you could say, You lost the gun for $ 56.00

 

[John Fugate]

Of course, he still has his $700 and the dealer doesn't.

The dealer has money and the gun, anybody and everybody has money. But not everybody has that gun. You ever looked at it like that ? Id personally rather have that gun than 756.00 dollars,, that dealer is thinking the exact same thing. Take you 700.00 and get out on the hustle in search of you a clean 66 2inch, see how much time and gas you burn up trying to save 56.00 dollars.

 

[rwt1405]

Not trying to be negative about the OP in any way, shape or form. But just wondering why we pick certain items to feel like we can just make an offer. We don't go to a grocery store and put an offer on a gallon of milk or a clothing store and ask if there is any wiggle room on the price or call the electric company and offer less per kilowatt. I'm not saying I haven't done it but after thinking about this post it got me wondering.
Any thoughts?

I don't know about you, but I don't buy "used" food.

As to clothing, if it's used, it's price IS negotiable, just as any used anything is negotiable in price.

I'm not so sure what is difficult to understand about that.

 

[bigggbbruce]

just as any used anything is negotiable in price.

Listed my 29-2.. I was asked "is that my best price?"

answer.."yes, firm"

Result..cash in hand, gun delivered.

 

[labworm]

Wonder if the Seller or Buyer will get what they want price wise.

I'm betting on the Seller.

 

[R*E]

I bought a couple of 66 snubbies a few years back. I think I paid $425 each. Dealer won't budge on price and I was okay with it.

 

[Sevens]

Not trying to be negative about the OP in any way, shape or form. But just wondering why we pick certain items to feel like we can just make an offer. We don't go to a grocery store and put an offer on a gallon of milk or a clothing store and ask if there is any wiggle room on the price or call the electric company and offer less per kilowatt. I'm not saying I haven't done it but after thinking about this post it got me wondering.
Any thoughts?

We could go in to deep discussion and it might even be an enjoyable discourse.

If we want to make it quick and tidy we could simply say that the used gun trade has been done this way since before I was born.

Don't know how long you have been buying, selling and swapping guns but this is long established. Cars and houses are this way also. And none of this has ever been a secret.

 

[Capn]

OP, do me a favor and PM the name/address of the store. I'd like to give the owner a piece of my mind.

 

[shakyshoot]

The OP questioned the owner's willingness to lose a sale over $56 -- another perspective is that the OP lost a purchase over the same $56.

To me, it's easier for the owner to "lose" the sale than for the prospective buyer. The owner has every day to sell that gun, while it may be the buyer's only chance to get it. Yes, there's always another one down the road, just maybe not that one. I'm definitely in the market for a 2 1/2" 66 or 19, but not sure I want to cough up $756 either. A year or so ago my local LGS had a 2 1/2" 66 on their website for $275. I got in the car and was there 5 minutes later, but of course it was gone. I'll never know if there was something wrong with it or what, but it looked good.

 

[Camster]

"I offered him $650 cash, which he turned down. I said that I didn't know what he had into it, but gave him a final cash offer of the $700 that I brought. He said that it didn't matter what he had into it, but said he wanted $700 plus tax. So he lost a sale for $56?"

Some might say that you lost a buy for $56. His price was not unreasonable.

"I thanked him for his time and left. In the past year or so I made several reloading supplies from his store."

So what.That hardly makes you his number one customer. His shop,his gun.He doesn't have to lay down for everyone or because you spent a few dollars sometime in the past.
As someone said earlier in this thread, it was a non event.You weren't motivated to pay more.He wasn't motivated to take less.That's the way the cookie crumbles.C'est la vie.

 

[dave1918a2]

I took My 66 snubby to a gun show about a year ago and put it out for $850. Had the box with everything. Got lowball offers all day Saturday and one guy asked if I would trade. I replied that I only trade for something I want to shoot and He told Me He'd be back Sunday. One of the more obnoxious of the lowballers came back late and said He'd take it and started counting out cash and I told Him to keep His money because He really Pixxxx Me off and I wouldn't sell to Him. Trade Guy actually came back early Sunday and offered Me a 1911 straight across. Said it was his dad's that used to shoot IPSC. I knew His Dad and I made the trade. The 1911 was a Pachmayer made in 1980 that His Dad paid I think about $1600 for. Really good trade for us both as the son was new DPD.

 

[SLT223]

In my travels yesterday, I checked out a gun shop an hour and a half from home. Nothing in the case looked interesting, so I asked" 'Have any 66 pre-lock 2& a half inch Smith's?"

The owner went in back and came out with a nice dash 2. It had no price so of course I said "It's free?" He said that he would have to look up a price. I gave him a low offer just to see how he would react; no go. I gave him my #, but did not get a call.

The next day, I got $700 with the plan of making him a cash offer. The gun was in good shape, with the only fault was tha the barrel was very very slightly not perfectly indexed.

I offered him $650 cash, which he turned down. I said that I didn't know what he had into it, but gave him a final cash offer of the $700 that I brought. He said that it didn't matter what he had into it, but said he wanted $700 plus tax. So he lost a sale for $56?

I thanked him for his time and left. In the past year or so I made several reloading supplies from his store.

Your thoughts?

You lost the acquisition over $56. I used to do things like that, but since realized life is way too short. You were actually looking for this out of production gun, and he just happen to have it. If you want it, go back there and get it...even if he makes you pay the tax. In your head the $700 is already spent. Now, do you want $56 or a 66-2 snub in great condition? You know what I would do.

 

[Sevens]

Haha, LOVE that a jerk came back with all the cash and you denied him. I regularly attend a phenomenal gun show, the kind of show that all haters and complainers should be royally jealous of, and all I really want to do is ENJOY the interactions I have with other folks who share my interests. The lion's share of my time spent there is precisely that and I've also made many great deals along the way.

It seems to me that the snotty folks are likely always that way, all week long no matter the venue or subject. Meanwhile, I typically have a completely enjoyable show.

 

[Fide686]

I put the cash into my savings account today. I appreciate all of your comments. Food for thought for me. That 66 was the fourth one i've seen in the past year and a half. Sometimes you feel right about a decision. I feel good about this one. Thanks, guys. God Bless.